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MARY E. HARRISON, OF I/IALDOSTA, GEORGIA, AND SAMUEL A. ROBINSON, OF ORLANDO, FLORIDA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 613,414, dated November 1, 1898.

Application filed September 24, 1897. Serial No. 652,803. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, MARY E. HARRISON, of Valdosta, in the county of Lowndes and State of Georgia, and SAMUEL A. ROBINSON, of Orlando, in the county of Orange and State of Florida, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Toys; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact-description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to an improvement in toys or games, the object of the invention being to construct a simple toy or device by means of which an enjoyable game can be played.

A further object is to so construct a revoluble toy or device that a movable object placed therein can be permitted to come to rest at one of several places within the device, and thus denote a point or points in a game.

With these objects in view the invention consists in certain'novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, as hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a vertical sectional view illustrating one form of our invention. Fig. Zisaplan View. Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 are views illustrating various other forms of the invention.

A represents a revoluble device, which may be made in the form of a top, as shown in Fig. 1. The body portion 1 of the device is provided with an annular series of passages 2, all of which communicate with a small tray 3, located in the upper portion of the device, and from said tray the passages radiate and terminate at the periphery of the device, where they are normally closed by means of removable plugs 4. The upper ends of the passages terminate slightly above the tray 3, and over said passages and tray a cover 5 is secured. A shank or stem 6 projects upwardly from the center of the cover, by means of which to rotate the device, and in said cover, at the juncture of the shank or stem therewith, a groove 7 is made, one end of said groove communicating with an inlet-opening 8.

Each passage 2 or plug 4 will be numbered in any suitable manner.

In operating the device a small weight, ball, or other movable object will be placed in the groove 7, and then the device will be rotated by the operator in the ordinary manner of spinning a top. The ball (which may be a large shot) will be guided by the groove 7 to the inlet-opening 8, through which it Will pass and fall upon the tray 3. From the tray the ball will be thrown by centrifugal force into one of the passages 2, or said ball may remain in the tray until the top tilts or comes to rest, when it will fall into one of the passages. The ball may be given a certain pre determined value-say seventy. After the top shall have come to rest each player will remove the plugs, one at a time, and the number of the plugs or the passages from which they shall have been removed will count so much for the respective players. When a player removes a plug, he will note the number and immediately replace the plug. The player who removes the plug from the passage containing the ball will have a score equal to the value of the plug or passage added to the value of the ball.

If desired, a portion of the device may be made transparent, the endsof the passages being closed by means of a transparent band 5, as shown in Fig. 4:. If desired, the passages may be closed by means of a slide 9, fingers 9, or in any other desired manner. With the forms of the invention shown in Fig. 4 the ball will be thrown from the tray 3 in the same manner as above explained and will enter one of the passages 2 and be stopped or caught by the transparent slide or band 5a, through which the ball can be seen when the device comes to rest, and the number of the passage containing the ball will count so much for the player who has operated the device. In order to support the top ,or device in an upright position while the ball is being placed in position, we provide a ring 10, in

which it can be seated, as shown in Fig. 1.

In the form of the invention shown in Fig.

4 the revoluble device is made with a conical opening 11 in its bottom portion and mounted to spin on a post 12, supported by a suitable base 13 or not, as desired. This form of the invention may be preferred to the others herein described.

If desired, the base may be provided with a guide-block 14: to enter the lower end of the conical opening 11, as shown in Fig. 5. In this form the ball will be thrown from the tray by centrifugal force only, while in the other forms above described the ball may be thrown from the tray either by centrifugal force or by the tilting of the device.

In the form of the invention shown in Fig. G the bottom of the revoluble device is made fiat by means of a plate 15, having a hole 16 in its center for the passage of a standard 17, the upper end of which latter enters a socket 19 in the body of the device. The standard is supported by a suitable base 18. rlhe device thus mounted can be revolved without tilting, and the ball will therefore be thrown from the tray by centrifugal force. rlhe socket 19 may be made conical in form and the device may be mounted on a short standard 20, Fig. 7, in which case the device can tilt as it comes to rest.

If desired, the device may be made oval in form, as shown in Fig. 8, and adapted to be spun on a standard 2l. rlhe upper portion of the device shown in Fig. S may be made in its outer face with a spiral entering-groove 22, adapted to communicate with a passage 23, which terminates over the tray. The tray and the lateral passages may be the same as in the other forms of the invention above described.

In the forms of the invention in which the device is spun on a standard any suitable means may be provided for preventing the escape of the revoluble device or top from said standard.

In Fig. 9 the device is shown as made in the form of a hollow sphere 2l, having numerous holes 25, each of which latter is made tapering outwardly. A ball or weight is inserted into the sphere when it is made, (the sphere being made in two parts secured together,) so that when the sphere is moved said ball or weight will fall into one of the openings (without passing entirely through it) when the sphere comes to rest.

Numerous other changes might be made in the details of construction of our invention without departing from the spirit thereof or limiting its scope, and hence we do not wish to limit ourselves to the precise details herein set forth.

Having fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A toy consisting of a revoluble body having radiating passages therein, means forelosing the outer ends of said passages and a tray within said body and having openings communicating with all of said passages, substantially as set forth.

2. A toy consisting of a revoluble body having radiating passages, a tray within said body having openings communicating with all of said passages, an inlet for a movable device communicating with said tray, and means for closing the outer ends of said passages, substantially as set forth.

3. A toy consisting of a revoluble body portion having radiating passages, a tray within said body having openings communicating with all of said passages, an inlet communieating with said tray, said body having a groove in its outer face communicating with said inlet, and means for closing the outer ends of said radiating passages, substantially as set forth.

4. A toy consisting ofa revoluble body having radiating passages, a tray movable with said body and having openings comm unicating with all of said passages, a movable device adapted to be made to enter one of said passages when the toy is revolved and removable plugs for closing the outer ends of said passages, substantially as set forth.

5. A toy consisting of a revoluble body having several openings, a tray movable with said body and having passages communicating with the openings in the body, a movable device within said body and means for preventing the movable device from escaping from the revoluble body but permitting it to come to rest in one of said openings, substantially as set forth.

(i. A toy consisting of a revoluble body having a centrally-located tray and radiating chambers for the reception of a movable device, the said passages communicating with the tray at points above the bottom of the latter and a post on which said body can be revolved, substantially as set forth.

7. A toy consisting of a revoluble body having a centrally-located tray and radiating chambers therein and having a recess in its bottom, the said passages communicating with the tray at points above the bottom of the latter and a post to enter said recess and revolubly support said body, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof we have signed this specification in the presence of the subscribing witnesses.

MARY E. HARRISON. SAMUEL A. ROBINSON.

lVitnesses as to the signature of Mary E. Harrison:

J. T. LUoIs, IV. U. RAY, O. W. LAMAR.

lVitnesses as to the signature of Samuel A. Robinson:

L. G. STARBUCK, EDITH U. ROBINSON.

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